It went by me at the time, but, back when ghill was talking about Barry Bonds' genes, it afterward occurred to me that sister (to Bobby) and aunt (to Barry) Rosie was quite a helluva hurdler in her time. Bill Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: "ghill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "track list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: The REAL athlete of the year
> > > > From: Jim Gerweck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Jim Gerweck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:39:01 -0500 > > To: Ed and Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Athletics > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: The REAL athlete of the year > > Resent-From: ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Resent-To: gh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 09:53:03 -0800 > > > > Ed, you (and others) would have choked if you'd been listening to NYC sports > > talk radio when one announcer, a rabid Giants fan, tabbed Bonds as one of > > the "top five players of all time, maybe top three.">> > > Hey, who needs track when we can fill the list with soccer and baseball > chat?! :-) > > Bonds certainly can't crack my all-time top 3, but I (with the admission > that he plays just up the road so I see him all the time) can certainly > craft an argument with myself that slips him into the top 5. > > His get-on-base skills go without saying, and while he has certainly become > a subpar outfielder one has to remember he won 8 Gold Gloves while in his > prime. And even though he can (or won't?) no longer steal bases, he was a > huge force in his younger years in that department. > > gh >
